Nuclear Abolition Now

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Working from the great state of Oregon to advance the cause of nuclear disarmament and abolition Nuclearabolition.now

white paper with a background of colorful paper cranes. Text - Hiroshima & Nagasaki Memorial, Japanese American Historical Plaza, Portland OR - Wednesday, August 6, 2025 - 6pm-7pm - Never again: Art Speaks where words fail - art's enduring protest 80 years later
Three public events in Corvallis commemorate the 80th year since the atomic bombings of Japan. A Hiroshima Nagasaki Exhibit from the Hiroshima Peace Museum will be on display with art by local artist The Mandala Lady, at the Corvallis Museum July 26- August 10, 2025 (museum is closed M and Tu). Wed. August 6, 2025 the annual Corvallis Hiroshima Nagasaki Commemoration starts at 6:30 pm, Howland Plaza, 1st and Madison. From 6:30 to 7 join us for traditional Koto music by Masumi Timson, displays, and origami. Program begins at 7 pm featuring the Corvallis Mayor; Rev. Dr. Kelly Wadsworth of the National Board of Veterans for Peace and Pastor of Salem Westminster Presbyterian Church; and music by Halie Loren, internationally known singer and songwriter. The program closes with a community affirmation for peace and a flotilla on the river. Bring all ages on Saturday, August 9 from 1 to 3 pm for a Family Peace Day at the Corvallis Museum! Music by the Corvallis Peace and Justice Singalong with story telling of "Sadako and the 1000 Paper Cranes," origami peace crane folding, and movement by Universal Dances of Peace with a responsive art project in the museum. All events are free and open to the public. An ongoing fundraiser for this year's exhibit and future Commemorations is ongoing at the Corvallis Museum. Sponsors also include Our Revolution Corvallis Allies, Corvallis Interfaith Network, KORC FM 105.9, Veterans for Peace Linus Pauling Chapter , Corvallis Interfaith Network , Corvallis Daytime Drop-in Center , and OSU School of History, Philosophy and Religion. For accommodations or for more information, linda.richards@oregonstate.edu.
Photograph taken by Jack Aeby - the only color photograph of the Trinity nuclear test. Text: 80 years ago today the first nuclear weapon was detonated. They do not make us safer. They must never be used again. Nuclear Abolition Now
A picket mounted by the Women’s Peace Camp at RAF/USAF Greenham Common, Berkshire. Photo by Edward Barber in 1982. Shows a woman sitting beside a road, a parked bicycle to her side, she is sittin in a folding lawn chair with a door mat under her feet, her legs crossed at the knee, and to her side is a large peace sign. A protest sign beside her, in large letters, reads 'Hello can you stop for a talk?'
Text reads nuclear abolition now across the top and international women's day for peace and disarmament across the middle with the date May 24 along the bottom. Behind the text is the profile of three people facing off to the side, the are each in a single color, one blue, one pink, one green, those colors are also used as shadowed text for the nuclear abolition now title.
Image is a flyer. Top of flyer shows two goats eating while in metal restraints. Text reads: Jacob Hamblin, Professor of History, Oregon state univesity. "Models of Harm for Radiation Effects in the Nuclear Age" Dr. Hamblin is a leading environmental historian and expert on the international dimensions of science, technology, and the environment, especially related to nuclear issues, ecology, oceans, and climate. His 2021 book The Wretched Atom: America’s Global Gamble with Peaceful Nuclear Technology won the Oregon Book Award in general nonfiction. He also recently co-edited Making the Unseen Visible: Science and the Contested Histories of Radiation Exposure, which came out of his National Science Foundation funded Downwinders Project about Hanford and other nuclear sites. He will speak about the long history of using animals, humans, and computer simulations to model harm from radiation effects. Tuesday May 6 2025 4:00pm -5:30 pm - Lillis Hall 112 - This is the third event in the series anti-nuclear research and activism in the US and Japan. For more information contact - Rachel DiNitto: rdinitto@uoregon.edu Sponsored by college of arts & sciences, school of global studies & languages, and Oregon Humanities center
Poster for a film screening and discussion on "Demon Mineral" about uranium mining impacts, scheduled for Feb. 24, 2025, at 5:30 pm, hosted by Oregon State University. Remote access available.
Background image: nuclear explosion mushroom cloud. Text: On Tuesday night, the U.S. will test an intercontinental ballistic missile. It's time to end the nuclear age. Organize to reduce the risk of nuclear war at defusenuclearwar.org
Flyer for an event. Shows the cover of a book called Unmaking the bomb: environmental cleanup and the politics of impossibility - Professor Shannon Cram, University of Washington Bothell. Dr. Cram is an interdisciplinary scholar working at the intersections of geography, anthropology, science and technology studies, and the environmental humanities. She will talk about her new, award-winning book, Unmaking the Bomb: Environmental Cleanup and the Politics of Impossibility, which blends history, ethnography, and memoir, as she investigates remediation efforts at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, the former weapons complex in Washington State. Home to the majority of the nation’s high-level nuclear waste and its largest environmental cleanup, Hanford is tasked with managing toxic materials that will long outlast the United States and its institutional capacities. Sponsored by: College of arts & Sciences, School of global studies and languages, oregon humanities center. At the bottom text: This is the second of four events in the series anti-nuclear research and activism in the US and Japan. For more information, contact Rachel Dinitto: Rdinitto@uoregon.edu Wednesday February 19, 2025. 4:00pm - 5:30pm Lillis 111 The bottom corner shows Dr. Cram, smiling with a black shirt and a green scarf.
Flier for movie Demon Mineral (image is starry background with a piece of Uranium in the middle). Text: Presented by Indigenous Studies and the School of History, Philosophy, and Religion Film Screening & Discussion Feb. 13, 2025 at 5pm at the kaku-ixt mana ina haws. Join us for a screening of the film Demon Mineral followed by a post screening discussion about the continued impacts of uranium mining on the Navajo Nation. Remote access to the discussion only available by registering at: https://beav.es/GrL instructions for remote film access provided upon registration. This event is part two to the 2024-2025 Indigenous Studies film series about extraction on Native lands. Attendees are encouraged to watch Life Over Lithium (part one) before attending this screening. Contact luhui.whitebear@oregonstate.edu or 541-737-7831 for questions, accommodations related to disabilities, and information on how to view Life Over Lithium.